Testing the theoretical design of a health risk message: Reexamining the major tenets of the extended parallel process model

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-41

  Gore, Thomas D ^a   Bracken, Cheryl Campanella ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extended Parallel Process Model; Health campaigns; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MENINGITIS; PREDICTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 13244262638     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198104266901     Document Type: Article

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